Animators' Toolkit for 3ds Max "creates cool stuff, faster"
$25 suite of scripts created by two VFX veterans boosts common rigging and animation tasks.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
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Play animations on your bike wheels with Monkey Light Pro
Ultimate hipster toy uses array of LED lights to screen 12-bit animation clips to passers-by as you ride.
Monday, May 27th, 2013
Eye candy: Blur's Batman: Arkham Origins cinematic
At nearly five minutes, the gorgeous first teaser for the Batman prequel is virtually a short in its own right.
Monday, May 20th, 2013
DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4.6 Pro
Free figure-posing and animation tool gets OpenSubdiv and Ptex support, new subsurface shader.
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Video tutorial: beyond key frame animation in 3ds Max
Watch a free one-hour tutorial from Chris Murray on using controllers, contraints and wire parameters.
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Eye candy: the first Walking with Dinosaurs 3D trailer
The BBC's landmark series gets a movie makeover - but the teaser is more Disney than documentary.
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Eye candy: the Ratchet & Clank movie trailer
You won't see much of the plot, but Rainmaker's teaser for the movie of the game is a neat animated skit.
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
AnimSchool releases AnimSchool Picker for Maya
Select and manipulate rig controls or geometry on 3D characters faster with this free picker GUI plugin.
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Artur Leao releases mScrub for 3ds Max
Handy little script lets animators scrub the timeline with their mouse wheel. Costs less than a coffee.
Friday, April 19th, 2013
pmG ships messiahStudio 6
Updated: Extra videos show the cult animation and rendering tool's new Skelevision interactive rigging view.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Eye candy: Digic Pictures' 2013 demo reel
Watch three minutes of visual spectacle from Hungary's reigning masters of the CG cinematic.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Eye candy: The Foundry's 2013 showreel
Latest round-up of ace animations and VFX work ranges from pandas in space suits to Prometheus.
Monday, April 15th, 2013
e-on software releases LumenRT 4 Studio
Real-time visualisation tool gets major new animation, lighting and import options. Price up a lot, too.
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013